PARIS: Mali to boost defences with Super Tucano

15 June, 2015

SOURCE: Flight Daily News

BY: Craig Hoyle

Paris

Mali will gain an expanded capability to protect its territory, through a new order for six Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos.

Signed on the opening day of the show, the order will boost the African nation’s ability to conduct “advanced training, border surveillance and internal security missions”, says Embraer. The aircraft will be delivered in an armed configuration.

“The Super Tucano speaks for itself – the reputation of this aircraft is very good worldwide,” Mali’s defence minister Tieman Coulibaly told Flight Daily News. The acquisition will help the nation “to build a strong air arm”, he adds.